Chapter 279

Her chaotic thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of her phone. Melanie checked her phone and saw it was Yvonne calling. She wanted to answer the call outside, but the lights in the private room had been turned off again.

Due to her poor eyesight, she did not dare to move around carelessly and had no choice but to answer Yvonne’s call there.

“Come clean! Where are you now?” Yvonne’s excited voice suddenly came through.

Melanie hesitated and replied, “I’m outside.”

Yvonne responded, “Oh, are you with Xander? Give him the phone. We’ve been calling him, but he hasn’t picked up any of our calls! We need him for something.”

“I’m not with him,” Melanie said.

Yvonne sounded puzzled. “Then why isn’t he answering the phone? We called him several times. Hey, do you know where he went?”

calls. She thought for

he mentioned that Howard would not help. She rarely heard Xander speak with such gravity. However, she had been too focused on her

to Yvonne, “I’ll

was about to call Xander when she heard

list when Eugene’s indifferent voice continued, “How far have you two

Eugene many times, but he never listened. What she wanted to know now was how she could satisfy Eugene and

sneered quietly. He then pushed a wine glass toward her, lifted his chin arrogantly, and said, “Do I have

but quickly understood that Eugene was warning her about her grandfather’s situation. She looked at the glass and stayed silent for a moment.

essential in the business world. Melanie recalled how she had been completely ignorant of these rules when she first accompanied

poured the wine, and placed the bottle back down in front of Eugene. However, she accidentally brushed against the nearby

the glass to Eugene, intending to speak,

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His tone was casual and tinged with sarcasm as he said, ” Melanie, can’t you pour a decent glass of wine?”

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